Slalom reviews

Flat-out miserable benefits. Not the best insurance. Terrible PTO structure. Having a child? Forget Maternity or Paternity. Pay for it yourself, use up your PTO, and then lose money. 401k or other investments? Poor selection and one of the lowest company contributions I've ever had in 18 years. If you're at the managing director level you are allowed to invest in the company's private growth - i.e. shares. Not atypical to need to invest $100K of your own capital. This is absurd! I understand the reasons for wanting that cash infusion based on the equity structure, but many of the best places competing for talent give substantial options/equity at a fraction of that cost, and only have very short vesting times. Employees working for more innovative companies see a MUCH higher upside when it comes to employee equity. I've experienced it myself. Management is hit or miss. Some are very misleading. Some are very collaborative and helpful. I think they all care, just not about you or your success. I suppose this happens everywhere. However Slalom advertises how different they are, and it just isn't. Very Anderson-Accenture like. You can rock the heck out of a project and a client can rave about you, but if a certain PAD or MD has hesitations for any reason or has a favorite, you're getting nailed. I've been in the reviews, I've seen and heard it. The culture and drinking fest is not optional. You don't show up to enough of them, it is career suicide. If you're in management and you don't show up, you're frowned upon. These are great for networking, but honestly, it has turned into more of a role-call in a way. Constantly shifting or moving standards to measure people. Even when you think you've got it down, it can change based on someone's perceptions. Look I loved my time for what it's worth, but there are MUCH better alternatives for smart people wanting to stretch themselves and do great work. Many people here talk like they chose Slalom over McKinsey or other awesome startups or big players like Facebook or Apple or Boston Consulting Group. The people here just are not there. They're good but they're not that upper crust capable or the amazing that is present in these top companies.

- pays much less than other jobs that require the same skills. - Current employees are worried about ending up on the bench and laid off due to lack of work. there is a policy in place that will separate you after 90 days on the bench. - Current employees are worried sick leave may land them on the bench/laid off when they get back. - Current employees are worried maternity leave may land them on the bench/laid off when they get back. - If you do consulting work, ending up on the bench is out of your control. it's where you go when there are more employees than work, disconnected c-suite sees it as a skill issue. in reality you end up on the bench by finishing a project during slow times. there are a lot of slow times right now. - Company will micromanage you during the 90 day period on the bench to pressure you to quit before they have to separate you. - Big focus on AI with no real plan or capability to deliver. None. - lack of knowledge sharing tools. - Intentionally vague communication around promotion and bonus payout possibilities. as in things are promised to return at some point soon, but never do. - weird cooperate structure that attempts to keep slalom "local", but really means slalom doesn't share resources and employees from one city to another. - most of the work is remote, but the company is pushing RTO really hard. - CEO seems greedy and sneaky. Implemented mass layoffs with a prerecorded video. tried to gain sympathy from remaining employees after layoff. - This was the weirdest professional social environment I've ever worked in. it was gossipy and very unprofessional. They call it cult-URE, but it felt more cult-LIKE. - Slalom name won't help your resume or job search in tech roles. Everyone thinks it's a ski company.